Mocha Marble Loaf Cake

This next recipe is incredibly easy but looks so impressive, I love the combination of coffee and chocolate and this delicious mocha marble loaf cake is always a crowd pleaser. 

Ingredients

225g unsalted butter

225g golden caster sugar

225g self raising flour

1 tsp baking powder

3 large eggs

2 tbsp whole milk

4 tbsp freshly brewed coffee*

2 tbsp cocoa powder

50g chocolate chips (optional)

*The coffee flavour is very subtle in this cake, and really brings out the chocolate, but you could skip out the coffee if you’d prefer and make a vanilla and chocolate loaf cake instead! 

Method

- Preheat the oven to 160C/140C Fan/325F/Gas 3. Grease and line a 2lb loaf tin with baking parchment or a paper loaf case.

- In a large bowl cream together the sugar and butter until pale and fluffy. Sift in the flour and baking powder then add in the eggs, milk and chocolate chips. Mix together until you have an even batter.

- Put half of the mixture into a separate mixing bowl and stir in half of the coffee, then set this to one side.

- In a small jug mix the cocoa powder and remaining coffee together to form a smooth paste, then add this to the other half of the cake mix. You should now have one bowl of coffee cake mix, and one of chocolate and coffee cake mix, both with chocolate chips (the coffee in the latter won’t have a strong flavour, it just helps bring out the flavour of the chocolate).

- Spoon the two cake mixes randomly into the loaf tin, alternating them so that you have a good mix of the two colours. Gently level the top then run a skewer through the mix to create a rough marble effect.

- Bake for about an hour or until the cake is well risen and springy, it should also have slightly pulled away from the sides. (I had to bake mine for 70 minutes before it was completely cooked through, but I would recommend checking after 50 minutes as baking time will vary from oven to oven). 

- Once it has cooled down slightly remove it from the tin and remove the baking parchment or paper case. 

- Either serve warm with a big scoop of ice cream, or leave to cool completely, sprinkle with a little icing sugar or a drizzle of melted chocolate, and enjoy with a lovely cup of tea.

I’m going to be uploading some flavoured butter cream recipes soon, a coffee butter cream would be a delicious finishing touch to this cake!

This has been one of my favourite recipes to make so far, and the kitchen smelt incredible in the process! Let me know if you try this out, and leave your thoughts in the comments.

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